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Text Chapter 480 Cai'er returns to Beijing

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    The early battle in Luzon went very smoothly. Zhou Long designed to lead the two hostile alliances to a decisive battle on the plains. Although they faced several times the enemy, it was almost a one-sided massacre. Not only did the 200,000 native coalition troops on the battlefield were killed.  The killing was completely defeated, and Zhou Long also sent 50,000 Linyi and 15,000 dwarf troops to kill fiercely behind these defeated soldiers. As a result, these defeated soldiers could not escape even if they fled into the tropical jungle.  Enemy pursuit.

    After this battle, more than half of the 300,000 troops of the Tajia Alliance and the Yilu Alliance suffered casualties, and the rest followed the leader and fled back to their tribes. No matter how called by the clan leaders of the two alliances, they were unwilling to send troops again.

    However, this gave Zhou Long opportunities to defeat each other. After he rested his troops, he immediately divided his troops into several groups and began to sweep away the tribes in the two major alliances from west to east. However, most of these tribes were blocked by jungles, so this  The troops participating in the sweep were mainly Linyi troops and dwarfs.

    Originally, the main forces of the two major alliances were wiped out, and the remaining troops were defeated. It should be easy to mop them up. However, Zhou Long and the others soon discovered that the war had just begun. When they sent troops to the tribes in the jungle,  By that time, the enemies we faced were no longer natives, but the harsh environment in the tropical jungle.

    Speaking of which, Zhou Long had made a lot of preparations for the harsh environment in Luzon. He even had 120,000 troops training in Manila for four or five months. However, when he actually entered the jungle to fight, he realized that his previous preparations were still far behind.  Not nearly enough.

    For example, on the sixth day of the decisive battle in the plains, a joint army of dwarf blacks and Japanese was ordered to hunt down a 5,000-strong tribal coalition. At that time, Zhou Long sent out 2,000 people, including 1,000 dwarfs and Japanese.  .  Originally, the opponent's army was just defeated and had no fighting power at all. It was enough to catch up with the opponent.  But when the chasing army came out of the jungle half a month later, the 1,000-strong dwarf blacks had only lost about a hundred people, but the Japanese, who also numbered 1,000, were just the opposite. Only more than 100 people could get out of the jungle.  , and all of them are suffering from injuries. Even if they are cured, they will no longer be able to stay in the army.

    Zhou Long was also very shocked by this result, and at the same time he was a little lucky to be able to subdue the local dwarf black people in Luzon.  Otherwise, the troops from the north, such as the Japanese and the grassland people, may not be able to defeat Luzon at all.  It is also worth mentioning that the Linyi people are also very adaptable to jungle warfare. In the process of chasing the enemy, their casualty rate is only slightly higher than that of the dwarf black people.  As for the Japanese and Sanhan people.  Their adaptability is also good, and at least they still have a certain fighting ability in the jungle.  However, the grassland cavalry that had defeated the tribal coalition forces before could not do it. They were very unsuitable to the climate here in Luzon, and their non-combat attrition was very serious.

    It was also the harsh natural conditions in Luzon that caused Zhou Long's troops to suffer heavy casualties, most of which were non-combat attrition. This forced Zhou Long to transfer another batch of troops from Lin Yi.  In addition, the number of some dwarf black troops was also increased, and then they were organized into a jungle army, specifically responsible for cleaning up the tribes in the jungle.

    Although the casualties were heavy, Luzon Island still fell into the hands of Zhou Long's army step by step.  Although the Taga Alliance and the Yilu Alliance tried to reorganize the resistance several times, unfortunately they had been defeated by Zhou Long before, and even some tribes within the alliance no longer listened to their orders. In addition,  Their feuding dwarfs also kept attacking them from both the light and dark sides.  Therefore, the territories of the two major alliances were quickly cleared.

    And in this process, the happiest people were the slave traders from all over the world.  The destruction of the two major tribal alliances greatly increased the source of slaves. Therefore, the slave traders during this period were like chicken blood. Wherever there was fighting, they were there. These people waved the silver coins in their hands and drew money from the army.  They exchange their hands for the slaves they need, and the army is also very willing to increase their income, so they also provide convenience to these slave merchants as much as possible.

    Li Min, who was far away in Taiwan, was very happy when he received the news. Not only did he send people to reward the three armies, but he also wrote a letter to Yan Bei, asking him to put aside the matter of the Slave Catching Association and go as far as possible.  Study the topography of Luzon, list some places suitable for development, and make preparations to lay a foundation for future immigration.

    "Cousin, I'm leaving. You must remember to go to Chang'an to see me!" Cai'er, wearing a green dress on the huge Qi Wang, had tears on her face and held Nanyang, who was less than one year old, in one hand.  One hand held the almost three-year-old Australia, and the other, the five-year-old Chou Chou, was holding Cai'er's leg, with tears streaming down her face.

    "Don't worry, my cousin will definitely go back to see you when he has time. In addition, my grandmother is not in good health. You will have to worry about Cai'er in the future!" Li Min also said with some reluctance. Beside him, Wen Wen  Xin, Xijun and other girls all came to see Cai'er off.

    It is now March of the seventeenth year of Zhenguan, and Nanyang, who was born last year, is already ten months old.It was the cutest time, but at this moment, Queen Xiao proposed to take Cai'er back to Chang'an. Originally, Li Min wanted to persuade her to stay, but Queen Xiao gave a reason that Li Min could not refuse.

    When Li Min first met Cai'er, it was the 12th year of Zhenguan, and now it's the 17th year of Zhenguan, and Cai'er has grown from a ten-year-old girl to a fifteen-year-old young girl.  .  Moreover, Cai'er has inherited the beauty gene of the girls from their Yang family, and she is already stunningly beautiful at the age of fifteen. Even compared to Wen Xin, she is not much inferior.

    " Watching her granddaughter grow up day by day, Queen Xiao's body is aging day by day, and she even suffered a serious illness last year. If Mengxue had not diagnosed and treated her in time, the situation would have become extremely bad.  Originally, Empress Xiao had a rough life and had already seen through life and death, but she still had one unfulfilled wish, which was to arrange a well-matched marriage for Cai'er.

    Although the Great Sui Dynasty has been destroyed, Cai'er's status is still extremely noble. Not to mention anything else, Yang Fei, her biological aunt, can make Cai'er the first-class wealthy woman in the Tang Dynasty, let alone another  Li Ke and Li Min are two cousins ??with outstanding abilities, so Cai'er's marriage must not be careless, and a man suitable for Cai'er can naturally only be found in Chang'an.

    After hearing the reason mentioned by Empress Xiao, Li Min naturally couldn't stop him. If he hadn't been busy with too many things now, he might have gone back to Chang'an again and settled down Cai'er's marriage. After all, no matter how much he said about Cai'er  She is also his cousin, and his uncle Yang Jian has also provided him with a lot of help, so he naturally wants to worry more about Cai'er's marriage.

    It's just a pity that Li Min has too many facts in his hands now. The immigration will last for several years. Lin Yi is still not stable. Taiwan's development cannot be separated from him. In addition, he has newly conquered Lu.  In Song Dynasty, although there were dedicated personnel responsible for each place, Li Min was also required to sit in Taiwan and control the overall situation without deviation.

    It is precisely because of this that Empress Xiao and Cai'er can only be allowed to leave alone this time.  As for Princess Nanyang, who was with Empress Xiao at the time, she was not in Taiwan. Princess Nanyang lived in Sixian for a while with her mother, Empress Xiao. She liked the religious atmosphere there, so she decided to live there permanently. Finally, Li  Zhen simply built a Taoist temple in Sixian for Princess Nanyang's practice.

    Cai'er has been well-behaved and smart since she was a child. She has a good relationship with several sisters-in-law such as Wen Xin and Xijun. In addition, the two little guys Chou Chou and Ao Guo also like this cousin very much. It can be said that they have always been Cai'er's followers.  Knowing that her aunt was leaving for the first time, she was naturally very reluctant to leave. Chou Chou even hugged Cai'er's legs and cried to prevent her from leaving.

    However, no matter how reluctant they were to leave, Empress Xiao and Cai'er still had to leave. In the end, Li Min hugged Chou Chou, Wen Xin and Mei Niang hugged their sons, and then stood on the dock in Keelung to see Cai'er off.  The sad atmosphere during parting made even Li Min couldn't help but sigh a few times, and his eyes were a little red at the same time.

    Although Li Min said just now that he would go to Chang'an to see Cai'er, he knew that he could now be said to have established an independent kingdom. Although his father-son relationship with Li Shimin made his kingdom closely connected with the Tang Dynasty,  , but he can no longer enter and leave the Tang Dynasty at will. He had already figured this out when he moved his family out of Dengzhou.

    Another point is that Queen Xiao is already over eighty years old. Although she has been staying with him in the past few years and has received very careful care, Queen Xiao is indeed too old and her health is getting worse day by day. After this separation, I am afraid that  Their grandfather and grandson will never see each other again.

    Thinking of the days spent with Queen Xiao over the years, and recalling the love and care that Queen Xiao had for him when they first met, Li Min couldn't help but feel a little sad, but at the same time, he also made up his mind that if he were Queen Xiao in the future,  If that day comes, my grandson will have to go back to Chang'an to attend her funeral no matter what.

    Just when Li Min put Empress Xiao and Cai'er on the ship, his actions in Luzon were finally transmitted back to the Tang Dynasty.  At first, the news only spread among the rich and powerful. Gradually, through newspaper reports, more and more people learned about the news.  However, this news did not attract too many people's attention.  Firstly, Luzon was too far away, and secondly, they had heard too much about Li Min's expansion of territory in recent years, so everyone was a little numb.

    However, when a tall young man from the western suburbs of Chang'an heard the news, he punched the table in excitement, stood up and walked around the room several times, and finally said with hatred: "A man is born in this world."  , You should carry a three-foot sword and achieve unparalleled achievements, how can you be trapped in a mere Chang'an?" (To be continued)
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